MAKE Flickr photo pool member Fibra writes – “This projector is made of casette player and walkman parts, some mirors and cheap chinese laser pointer. Everything is positioned freehand and glued in place with hotglue. This is work in progress. Still comming, separate speed and direction regulation for both motors, and sound to laser modulation. […]
Update: It appears that the site we linked to removed the source / where this project came from, so we’ve removed the diagram and text until we find out what’s going on…
MAKE pal Todbot posted up his slides from Sketching with Hardware, it’s good stuff, he writes – “My talk was “USB on Rails”. The USB HID standard enables the sending and receiving of arbitrary data-structures (“objects”) between a host PC and a device. All without any additional device drivers, since the HID driver is built […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Coloradocrim writes – “I did a simple circuit-bend on an easy button about 3 months ago. The most common question I get is “Can you change what the easy button says when you press it?” I haven’t seen anyone else online who has done this, so here are some pics. […]
Zach writes – “headLamp is about 300 leds soldered into a metal colander (like you use for straining noodles), which happens to be the perfect size and shape for a lamp. The leds form 7 seperate segments of red, green, and blue. These segments are wired to a circuit and controlled by the parallel port. […]
Design News has its latest “Gadget freak” how to up, build a fading LED for spooky projects – “Partial to things that go bump in the night, Bill built a circuit that slowly illuminates and fades a pair of red LEDs. It consists of two op amps, one producing a slow rising and falling voltage […]
I really like these DIY “over” shoes from artist Eelko Moorer. [via] – Link.
